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Light frame construction
Published in Mayine L. Yu, Skins, Envelopes, and Enclosures, 2013
While the virgin forests of North America have been reduced since the arrival of European settlers, more than one-third of North America is still covered by forest and woodland.2 Though still readily available, responsible harvesting and renewable reforestation of harvested trees has started to address the need for long-term management of the raw materials for this industry in North America. Most timber produced in the United States today is harvested from private forests, both native and plantations. Concentrated in the eastern part of the continent, sustainable forest management is used to ensure continued production of timber, and to protect and provide ecosystems for wildlife and maintenance of water quality. Voluntary programs involving third-party certification include the American Tree Farm, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and the umbrella European organization Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC). A leading forest certification program, founded by environmental organizations in the early 1990s, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), implements even more rigorous standards and procedures for tracking chain-of-custody to certify that wood used in construction products was responsibly harvested. Wood products can be sold with the FSC label and used to meet LEED requirements and sustainability standards
Drought and Acceptable Risks for Public Systems
Published in Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian, Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity, 2017
The case study of APFAMGS project mentioned earlier in this chapter on empowering the farming community with data and knowledge for informed decision-making points to ways to combat the impact of climate change on farming communities that rely on rainwater for agriculture. Climate change–induced water scarcity is a huge risk to financial security of agricultural investment projects without adequate storage infrastructure. Other activities that help reduce risks from climate change with benefits to water management include the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation projects in developing countries. This combats the 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions due to deforestation by promoting sustainable forest management [34].
Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Forest Management: Common Aspects and Assessment Procedures
Published in Roger A. Sedjo, R. Neil Sampson, Joe Wisniewski, in Forestry, 2020
Catrinus J. Jepma, Sten Nilsson, Masahiro Amano, Yamil Bonduki, Lars Lönnstedt, Jayant Sathaye, Tom Wilson
In 1991 the ITTO council adopted the following definition of sustainable forest management: Sustainable forest management is the process of managing permanent forest land to achieve one or more clearly specified objectives of management with regard to the production of a continuous flow of desired forest products and services without undue reduction of its inherent values and future productivity and without undue undesirable effects on the physical and social environment.
The relationship between renewable energy consumption, international tourism, trade openness, innovation and carbon dioxide emissions: international evidence
Published in International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2023
Duyen Thi, Van Q. Tran, Dat T. Nguyen
In addition, much research have also been done to explore the relationship between FDI and CO2 emissions. For instance, Khan et al. (2021) indicated that FDI positively affect CO2 emissions in developed countries and the opposite was true in developing countries. They suggest using renewable energy should be encouraged to enhancing environmental quality in such countries. The positive impact of foreign direct investment on CO2 emissions is also found in the research of Muhammad et al. (2021) and Teng et al. (2021). In contrast, according to Muhammad et al. (2021) foreign direct investment hurts CO2 emissions, this factor causes a decreasing of environmental degradation in developed countries, while it leads to increase environmental degradation in BRICS, developing countries. Besides, economic growth also leads to an increase in the environment degradation by applying the model of fixed effect and GMM for the period of 1991–2018. A negative impact of FDI on CO2 emissions is also found in the study of Zhang et al. (2022). Energy consumption and industrialisation have a positive impact on CO2 emissions (Raihan and Tuspekova 2022c). They suggest that the use of renewable energy sources, green industry, and sustainable forest management should be done to ensure environmental sustainability.
Forest road planning using precision geographic data under climate change
Published in International Journal of Forest Engineering, 2019
Mika Yoshida, Rin Sakurai, Hideo Sakai
Forest roads are essential as a basic infrastructure for forest management and operations (Sakai 1987; Baskent and Keles 2005; Krč and Beguš 2013). Forest road networks enable routine monitoring and quick treatment and provide environmental services against such natural disturbances as weather disasters, forest fire, insect damage, and invasive species. The studies in the field of forest road planning and maintenance have been getting more important for sustainable forest management because of climate change around the world, which accelerates natural disturbances with extreme weather patterns (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014) and gives sustainable forest management the role of its mitigation (Álvarez-Miranda et al. 2018). While some areas would face less precipitation and drought, such as in Southeast Europe (Ivetić and Devetaković 2016), Japan experiences high concentrations of rainfall that has become significantly more frequent in recent years (Japan Meteorological Agency 2017). To consider the impacts of climate change sufficiently and to reduce associated costs, it is important that all aspects related to sustainable forest management are reflected. It is also true for the forest road infrastructure. It is urgent to revise the methodologies and techniques of forest road construction and maintenance, and continuous observations are indispensable.
Extending CSR in SMEs’ upstream supply chains: a dynamic capabilities perspective
Published in Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2018
Rebecca Stekelorum, Issam Laguir, Jean-Marie Courrent, Anicia Jaegler
D, the forth focal SME, manufactures wooden sunglasses. They cut the glasses via numerical control acquired through participatory financing. D is aware of the need to protect the health and safety of its employees and their working conditions. D is committed to sustainable forest management through forest certification in its supply chain through PEFC certification (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification), which promotes sustainable forest management through independent third party certification. D manages their waste and involves its suppliers in their initiative. We investigated two of D’s supply chains, one for the manufacture of glasses (SC5) and one for the manufacture of wood panels (SC6).